The Spanish Civil War. Republican (Government) forces moving forward to engage Nationalist (Rebel) forces in the battle of Jarama during the Spanish Civil War. Black smoke rising where bomb shells burst from Nationalist artillery on the heights of La Maranosa. Republican infantry moving across a field. A rebel shell bursting close to the camera. Republican soldier rendering first aid and bandaging the face of a wounded comrade. A Russian T-26 tank moving towards the rear on a dirt road, where troops carry wounded on stretchers and place them into field ambulances. Wounded being treated by medics. Wounded sitting on the ground. Two soldiers rushing a wounded away on a litter. Medic treating face wound of a soldier. Various scenes of wounded being treated and evacuated. Field ambulance driving away with wounded on board. View through trees of a building and one span of the Arganda bridge over Jarama river. Next, the entire Arganda bridge is seen with Republican troops dug in defensive positions. View of troops firing rifles from those positions, and Nationalist (rebel) shells bursting nearby. Defenders firing machine gun at rebels. More scenes of shells bursting and smoke rising. The Republican tricolor flag waving in the breeze as narrator states that the counterattack has been successful. Camera pans battlefield. Soldiers gathering up equipment underneath span of the bridge. Vehicles moving over the Madrid-Valencia road, with Republican forces in control of the Jarama valley in that area, for the time being. Scene shifts to barefoot farm boy using a mattock to open way for water to flow from river into irrigation sluice to water local crops. View of the sluice. Water flowing in the fields and farmers directing its flow. Civilian and military traffic on the Valencia road. Troops and a black and white dog riding on a T-26 tank. Closeup of Republican soldier aiming and firing his rifle. Water moving to irrigate parched farm field. (Note: Scenes from film "Spanish Earth," directed by Joris Iven)
Activities of U.S. soldiers at Fort Hancock in New Jersey. Soldiers stand near a railroad gun. Some of the soldiers stand on a guard tower and watch a target with binoculars. They load and fire the railroad gun towards the sea target. A splash in water due to the firing.
Activities of the Native American Indian Penobscot tribe in Old Town, Maine. People gather for the feast of Corpus Christi. People march on a street. Houses and trees along a side of the street. Other people watch them. They march towards a graveyard. Old people standing. Children kneel in front of a building.
A log-rolling championship at Port Townsend in Washington. Participants balance wooden logs in a river. People gather at the bank of the river to watch the championship. Buildings in the background. A man skips a rope on a wooden log. Two men stand on a log and balance it. Jack Swanson wins the championship. A man shakes hands with the winner.
Painters exhibit their paintings along a side walk in New York. People gather to view the paintings of various artists. Paintings on walls along the side of a street. People look at the paintings. Cars parked along the other side of the street.
The International Exposition in Paris, France. A bridge over a river. Men row boats with oars in the river. High altitude view of the area. People walk on the bridge. Buildings along a side of the river.